Mutations of acetylcholinesterase which confer insecticide resistance in <it>Drosophila melanogaster </it>populations
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Organophosphate and carbamate insecticides irreversibly inhibit acetylcholinesterase causing death of insects. Resistance-modified acetylcholinesterases(AChEs) have been described in many insect species and sequencing of their genes...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2004-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/4/4 |